Hey guys,
I would greatly appreciate your help.
Until now, I have been running my SGS2 I9100 with CF-Root 5.6 and ICS 4.0.4.
Since recently, I am bothered by the OTA update that wants to install Jelly Bean. Since CF-Root doesn't seem to be updated anymore, that won't work. I am also extra careful since I seem to have one of those phone versions that are rarely listed:
PDA I9100XXLQB
PHONE I9100XXLQ6
CSC I9100OXALQB
My main goal is to have an up to date rooted Jelly Bean running. I doesn't have to be heavily modified. I'm just not sure how to go from here. If I install e.g. the Dorimanx kernel, I would need a custom ROM as well, right? Could I simply install NeatROM and be done? Is there an even simpler or better alternative?
I have Titanium/Nandroid/EFS backups and am ready to go. I'm just so unsure where to go to...
Thanks for your help in advance!
R: [Q] A way to update to a rooted JB
Since you're rooted, if you do not have the bricking, you can just flash the rom you want.. If you have the bricking, flash a safer kernel without wipe and then the rom..
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Since you are on 4.0.4 I would be worried about the brickbug.
Flash a new kernel that you know does not have brickbug then restart recovery and do a factory reset and flash a new ROM.
Selek said:
Hey guys,
I would greatly appreciate your help.
Until now, I have been running my SGS2 I9100 with CF-Root 5.6 and ICS 4.0.4.
Since recently, I am bothered by the OTA update that wants to install Jelly Bean. Since CF-Root doesn't seem to be updated anymore, that won't work. I am also extra careful since I seem to have one of those phone versions that are rarely listed:
PDA I9100XXLQB
PHONE I9100XXLQ6
CSC I9100OXALQB
My main goal is to have an up to date rooted Jelly Bean running. I doesn't have to be heavily modified. I'm just not sure how to go from here. If I install e.g. the Dorimanx kernel, I would need a custom ROM as well, right? Could I simply install NeatROM and be done? Is there an even simpler or better alternative?
I have Titanium/Nandroid/EFS backups and am ready to go. I'm just so unsure where to go to...
Thanks for your help in advance!
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My friend as your on ics 4.0.4 you will be vulnerable to the brickbug, i would reccomend you to flash the siyaah kernal then go through the android development section, and download any rom you like, flash it after, then your sorted. I would reccomend you The Militant Rom v1.5, it ticks pretty much all the boxes and its pre-rooted which you want. Good luck.
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That is exactly the information I needed. Thank you very much!
I booted up CWM, used the GS2 Kernel Wipe to be sure, installed Siyah, installed Militant ROM (with full wipe). I appreciate your recommendations, it runs smooth like butter right now! I was astonished all my Apps are still up and running without fail. Everything works (so far) and looks great.
Hey, as it turns out, a problem occured. When I start the Play Store, it crashed immediately. I can access it by deleting its App cache, but installing a new app or updating an old one leads to a crash. I already tried deleting and readding my Google account, but it didn't help.
What can I do to fix that?
[edit] Okay, I fixed that by deinstalling the Play Store completely and reinstalling by manually downloading the APK. Also, starting LBE privacy guard resulted in a boot loop. I deinstalled it in safe mode and installed LBE security guard from this forum.
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Hey there,
I'm currently using a Galaxy S2, which is running stock Gingerbread 2.3.4 (no updates available through OTA nor Kies)
Baseband version: I9100XXKI1
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKI4-CL575468
Buildnumber: GINGERBREAD.XWKI4
And now I would like to get CM9 on my phone. Although I read quite a lot of threads and tutorials, I still have some
unanswered questions left.
Of course I would like to get onto CM9 in the fastest (and safest) way possible, but I'm not really sure how I would accomplish this.
Is it rather better (or even possible) to just go from 2.3.4 directly to CM9? Could I first root it using insecure kernel or CF-Root and then use CWM Recovery to flash CM9? And would this process actually flash all the necessary things, like the correct firmware, kernel and bootloader?
Or should I use Odin to flash it to stock ICS first and then just follow the official full update guide from the Cyanogenmod Wiki (because it is written with the requirement of stock ICS running on the phone) ?
Please help me out with this, I'm thankfull for every answer that I get :laugh:
Follow the noob-proof instructions on the first post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20841817 , and you can jump to cm9 from your current firmware, no need to go to stock ics first.
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Just another question, as far as I understood it I don't need to root before applying the Resurrection Edition of CM9, right?
Night3 said:
Just another question, as far as I understood it I don't need to root before applying the Resurrection Edition of CM9, right?
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No. It already includes CWM recovery. After you flash it, boot to CWM and flash the last cm9 update + gapps, wipe data/cache and reboot.
Make sure you put the .zip files on your sdcard first
Great thanks!
This seems to be easy as it can get
Oh and just one more thing, should I do a backup of some sorts? Just a little bit unsure, because then I would have to root first, do a backup and then would be able to the whole CM9 thing (I don't know if the rooted kernel could somehow interfere with the Resurrection Edition later on)
Night3 said:
Great thanks!
This seems to be easy as it can get
Oh and just one more thing, should I do a backup of some sorts? Just a little bit unsure, because then I would have to root first, do a backup and then would be able to the whole CM9 thing (I don't know if the rooted kernel could somehow interfere with the Resurrection Edition later on)
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You can backup Contacts, Sms, call logs and installed apps without ROOT
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
Yeay, just flashed my phone and everything worked out smoothly and perfect, didn't have any problems at all
(I also didn't do a factory reset, is it necessary to that? Because right now there isn't any data left from before and I'm also not experiencing any problems whatsoever, so not really sure if I should do it and what it would do)
Thanks to everyone who posted here and helped me to finally flash my phone :good:
Night3 said:
Yeay, just flashed my phone and everything worked out smoothly and perfect, didn't have any problems at all
(I also didn't do a factory reset, is it necessary to that? Because right now there isn't any data left from before and I'm also not experiencing any problems whatsoever, so not really sure if I should do it and what it would do)
Thanks to everyone who posted here and helped me to finally flash my phone :good:
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I'm not sure, but i think the NOOB proof method you used already wiped your data in the flashing process. So there is no need for you to do it again
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
I'm not sure, but i think the NOOB proof method you used already wiped your data in the flashing process. So there is no need for you to do it again
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
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Yes, it does wipe automatically while flashing.
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H all
I've had quite a bit of experience with modding my old SGS. I have recently acquired a S2
Anyway it's running stock 4.0.4 can i just go ahead and flash SiyahKernel? Then i can install a custom
rom (MIUI). Or will i have to root before flashing Siyah?
Not a complete noob lol.but seems a little different to the old S
Cheers
Siyah is an already rooted kernel, so as soon as you install Siyah on ur device, u'll also get root.
Try flashing a safe kernel asap, since your stock 4.0.4 is highly dangerous when it comes to wipe data. In fact, your device will get an instant brick if you wipe.
Poroto said:
Siyah is an already rooted kernel, so as soon as you install Siyah on ur device, u'll also get root.
Try flashing a safe kernel asap, since your stock 4.0.4 is highly dangerous when it comes to wipe data. In fact, your device will get an instant brick if you wipe.
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Yeah i read about that. Thanks
And if you wanna stay 100% safe flash 4.0.3 Firmware first and then Install custom ROM
Peace
Hit Thanks & It will Disappear
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Next Device: Upcoming Nexus
hi guys,
i have a samsung galaxy s2 (GT-i9100 - NFC), which i got from orange end of 2011. I the in jan 2012 got help from this forum to root my phone and change the rom from the original to:-
Rom & Build No: VillianROM 3.0
And' ver: 2.3.5
Baseband: i9100XXki1
Kernel: 2.6.35.11-ninphetamine-2.0.5+ninpo @ titan #20
Although the phone works okay, i'm beginning to notice a lot of slowdowns and regular reboots, so i want to go back to whatever latest google android OS the S2 can handle (rooted). I've forgotten what to do and would be most grateful if someone could please help me with the following:-
1. Whats the best software/method to backup everything?
2. What is the latest rom (original, but should not have a provider's bloatware) i can use on the S2?
3. Once backed up, how do i change from VillianRom to the latest/best OS currently available?
4. How can i root the original rom?
Thanks once again
Check
www.galaxys2root.com
I think it ll help you and save you time
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks oxi - there are quite a few roms on there and i simply want the latest official one which i can root. From your experience which is currently the most popular rom?
wowandroid said:
Thanks oxi - there are quite a few roms on there and i simply want the latest official one which i can root. From your experience which is currently the most popular rom?
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For official stock rom, check
www.sammobile.com
And search latest stock rom for your region.
If you like custom rom, then there are so many roms on xda. I like omega and alliance roms. Choice varies from person to person
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wowandroid said:
1. Whats the best software/method to backup everything?
2. What is the latest rom (original, but should not have a provider's bloatware) i can use on the S2?
3. Once backed up, how do i change from VillianRom to the latest/best OS currently available?
4. How can i root the original rom?
Thanks once again
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1. Depends. You can do a backup in CWM to image your device or you can use Titanium Backup Pro to just backup your apps/appdata and restore to new rom.
2. http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ < Check your device/model here.
3. Well just so you're clear, There is no "best" its subjective. Also "latest" depends on what type of rom you want to flash like Sammy/AOSP/AOKP/CM/MIUI etc. To flash latest samsung do it via ODIN, to flash any other do it via CWM. All info you need is already on forum.
4. By flashing custom kernel via ODIN.
All your questions have already been answered countless times.
Thanks very much guys. I simply want a fast lean rom as some seem to be slow running.
Doesn't get better than this.
sendign the phone for warranty?
you will need to flash back the original rom and unroot your phone.
if they found your phone is rooted the warranty void, experience it before so be aware of this.
Let me thank you guys for advicing me. I am most grateful. I read your posts a bit late and in the meantime, I think i have bricked my phone as i've flashed Samsung's original FW (I9100PBVLP8_I9100PORALP8_ORA) from sammobile.com. I used Odin v3 and successfully flashed the phone, but it's simply stuck on the boot logo. I have even done the following:-
I've managed to wipe the cache partition, but the recovery menu has No advanced options. It says:-
ANDROID SYSTEM RECOVERY <3a>
reboot system now
apply update from ext' storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
test redband fota[FS]
But i still cannot get it to boot. I have also tried to use an old nandroid.md5 backup i made, but odin reports the file as invalid.
I'm desperate guys, please could someone help me.
Download Mode and re flash.
Are you sure you are flashing the right ROM right? Check under the battery to see the Device Model.
If it's i9100, then make sure you are downloading a i9100 ROM.
Thanks very much for your advice gastonw - i have managed to fix the problem now by going into system recovery and doing a factory reset, so thank you.
Although everything seems to be working fine, i would have preferred a more newer 4.2 jelly bean rather than 4.0.3. Oh well beggars can't be choosers and all that, lol! I guess i'll have to re-root it again.
gastonw mate ur a star! I've installed the latest JB rom u posted earlier and i'm very happy with it.
Now before i damage it beyond repair, how do i root it safely?
wowandroid said:
gastonw mate ur a star! I've installed the latest JB rom u posted earlier and i'm very happy with it.
Now before i damage it beyond repair, how do i root it safely?
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Hi You could try this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 its quite safe so ether should work or wont, if don't no harm done as it doesn't need a insecure kernel.
I'm quite new myself @ this so plz use caution when trying it out.
Peace
wowandroid said:
gastonw mate ur a star! I've installed the latest JB rom u posted earlier and i'm very happy with it.
Now before i damage it beyond repair, how do i root it safely?
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Good to know man, enjoy it
About root, I've seen a couple of methods laying around the threads, I'm sure they're safe.
I still think that ExynosAbuse app is the fastest way to Root now (one-click).
Here's a vid. I never tried it tho.
Thanks very much for the links AnubuRe and Gastonw.
Gastonw mate, i have been playing with the rom you posted a link to. Don't get me wrong, it's great and very fast, but the downside is that it doesn't have a huge number of options to tweak etc. Now someone mentioned a rom called Neatrom, but i'm wondering what you can recommend? I don't want a bloated rom...i want a fast rom, but with some options to allow me more greater control over the phone.
Also, i know this is a bit off-topic, but can you recommend me a widget app, where i can quickly dial phone numbers i.e. by touching a person's photo?
So I have rooted my classmate his Galaxy S2 with CF-Root, which I now realized was a big mistake. It seems that he when he opens his camera app, a black screen comes but he can still take pictures. He can't also access the YouTube app. Another thing is that he lost ALL his files on his intern memory (like pictures, music etc. Which was kind of weird, because I have never had such a problem.) He doesn't really care about losing his files, contacts etc. He just wants to take pictures and access YouTube again. I read on a different topic that flashing Siyah kernel would fix this? Also, IF I have to flash Siyah for him, I have to put the Siyah kernel file in Odin in PDA and hit start, right?
Sorry if this isn't a huge question. It's just that I have never flashed to a different kernel (I have always flashed Custom ROMs with the kernel provided in there). Also is there a chance of any errors, mistakes, something going wrong? I know I can always flash back to the latest stock ICS rom, but nothing big should happen when switching kernels? Or am I wrong?
AndroidFan2 said:
So I have rooted my classmate his Galaxy S2 with CF-Root, which I now realized was a big mistake. It seems that he when he opens his camera app, a black screen comes but he can still take pictures. He can't also access the YouTube app. Another thing is that he lost ALL his files on his intern memory (like pictures, music etc. Which was kind of weird, because I have never had such a problem.) He doesn't really care about losing his files, contacts etc. He just wants to take pictures and access YouTube again. I read on a different topic that flashing Siyah kernel would fix this? Also, IF I have to flash Siyah for him, I have to put the Siyah kernel file in Odin in PDA and hit start, right?
Sorry if this isn't a huge question. It's just that I have never flashed to a different kernel (I have always flashed Custom ROMs with the kernel provided in there). Also is there a chance of any errors, mistakes, something going wrong? I know I can always flash back to the latest stock ICS rom, but nothing big should happen when switching kernels? Or am I wrong?
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If the phone is running on ICS you can flash siyah kernel 5.01 with odin. Its perfectly safe. Just install samsung kies for the drivers. And if your phone is running on GB do not flash siyah
Thing can always go south when flashing. Wanna try a safe-friendly method for flashing custom kernels and Stock ROMs? Try Mobile Odin.
And read about all these you're asking here.
Sent from the little guy
pasanjay said:
If the phone is running on ICS you can flash siyah kernel 5.01 with odin. Its perfectly safe. Just install samsung kies for the drivers. And if your phone is running on GB do not flash siyah
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The phone is currently running on a stock ICS from Samsung with root installed. The drivers for the S2 are installed too! I hope it'll do the trick. Hitted the thanks box.
gastonw said:
Thing can always go south when flashing. Wanna try a safe-friendly method for flashing custom kernels and Stock ROMs? Try Mobile Odin.
And read about all these you're asking here.
Sent from the little guy
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I've never really used Mobile Odin. But when I search it in Play Store all I get is the pro version. And since not many people in the Netherlands (including me) don't own a credit card or a paypal account, I can't purchase it. Thanks for the suggestion though.
AndroidFan2 said:
The phone is currently running on a stock ICS from Samsung with root installed. The drivers for the S2 are installed too! I hope it'll do the trick. Hitted the thanks box.
I've never really used Mobile Odin. But when I search it in Play Store all I get is the pro version. And since not many people in the Netherlands (including me) don't own a credit card or a paypal account, I can't purchase it. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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It's free, pro version gets everroot, automatic kernel DL and SU & MO injects.
Sent from the little guy
AndroidFan2 said:
The phone is currently running on a stock ICS from Samsung with root installed. The drivers for the S2 are installed too! I hope it'll do the trick. Hitted the thanks box.
I've never really used Mobile Odin. But when I search it in Play Store all I get is the pro version. And since not many people in the Netherlands (including me) don't own a credit card or a paypal account, I can't purchase it. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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If you have proper drivers installed its perfectly safe to flash siyah using odin. Do not wipe or restore nandroid backups on your current cf root recovery. You can do anything after flashing siyah or dorimanx kernel
It seems highly unlikely to me that CF-root started all this. Did you flash the correct CF-Root for the correct rom version? You didnt mention which version of CF-root you flashed or what version of the stock rom he has.
If you got no experience in other kernels, why not do a full wipe and start from scratch?
Lennyz1988 said:
It seems highly unlikely to me that CF-root started all this. Did you flash the correct CF-Root for the correct rom version? You didnt mention which version of CF-root you flashed or what version of the stock rom he has.
If you got no experience in other kernels, why not do a full wipe and start from scratch?
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If it's of further help, he was on XWLPD and I've flashed CF-Root with the latest version. The rooting went flawless on Odin, he has CWM installed and has SuperSU on there and has root acces. The tutorial I followed was on XDA Developers, altough I can't find the link anymore.
I was actually thinking of starting from scratch like you said. It seemed easier for me haha.
I also read that CF-Root has a lot of bugs..
AndroidFan2 said:
If it's of further help, he was on XWLPD and I've flashed CF-Root with the latest version. The rooting went flawless on Odin, he has CWM installed and has SuperSU on there and has root acces. The tutorial I followed was on XDA Developers, altough I can't find the link anymore.
I was actually thinking of starting from scratch like you said. It seemed easier for me haha.
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CF Root became obsolete after 4.0.4
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Since my SII screwed up during an official Kies update. I've used Odin a couple of times to update official releases.
It's worked great, but the last install was supposed to be the official release but Keis hasn't worked since and I'd like to get it onto Jellybean.
I dont generally mess with it much between updates, so I'm a bit lost
Could anyone point me in the right direction please, I'm not sure what I'm running and what version of JellyBean I should be using to upgrade?
Info:
Orginally H3G UK
Current About Phone:
Model:
GT-I9100
Android Version:
4.0.3
Baseband Version:
I9100NELP2
Kernel:
3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505
[email protected] #3
Build Number:
IML74K.XXLPQ
Some advice would be appriciated
So, what do you want? You want to flash a firmware yourself? And remember, going from ICS to jellybean will wipe your data, (apps, settings) things like photos which are stored on the internal SD is safe. So backup your data, before you flash do one more manual sync.
svenerator said:
So, what do you want? You want to flash a firmware yourself? And remember, going from ICS to jellybean will wipe your data, (apps, settings) things like photos which are stored on the internal SD is safe. So backup your data, before you flash do one more manual sync.
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Says who? I flashed via Odin the JB 4.1.2 update and all my apps and everything is here. Then I even flashed the Siyah kernel and all is still there.
Don't spread fud.
svenerator said:
So, what do you want? You want to flash a firmware yourself? And remember, going from ICS to jellybean will wipe your data, (apps, settings) things like photos which are stored on the internal SD is safe. So backup your data, before you flash do one more manual sync.
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Hi Sven
I want to flash JB onto my device with Odin.
I know it'll wipe everything (I keep everything I hold dear in the cloud these days)
I mainly need help with the mine field of versions.
What am on? and what should I upgrade to.?
Official if available. But other than that whatever is stable.
(what happens to apps installed on the SD?)
It does not matter which rom you are now. If you want to install JB is recommend the latest, which is LSE. If you know how to use odin, I direct you to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736726 You can download LSE from that thread. And if you would like to take a risk, you can flash without wiping data. I recommend it because of the diffrence between touchwiz 4 and touchwiz ux. I just like to have a clean phone after a update like this.
dikidera said:
Says who? I flashed via Odin the JB 4.1.2 update and all my apps and everything is here. Then I even flashed the Siyah kernel and all is still there.
Don't spread fud.
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You are supposed to wipe data etc when changing platforms so everything runs smoothly.
Maybe youve been lucky lol.
svenerator said:
It does not matter which rom you are now. If you want to install JB is recommend the latest, which is LSE. If you know how to use odin, I direct you to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736726 You can download LSE from that thread. And if you would like to take a risk, you can flash without wiping data. I recommend it because of the diffrence between touchwiz 4 and touchwiz ux. I just like to have a clean phone after a update like this.
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Job done and working sweet. Many thanks!
The voice control dosent seem to work anymore though, but I always hated that anyway!
Cheers guys